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V5 engine, stationary revs

Hello to all,

I will shortly introduce myself here because I’m new to the club. My name is Martin, I live in the south-west of the Netherlands and I recently (5 months or so ago), bought a used Seat Toledo V5. It’s my second car after owning a Toyota corolla for about 7 years.

I must say that I have had very little luck with my Toledo, an that sometimes I would wish I could get back my old trustworthy corolla.

Now for my question; Recently I had the cam-chain (I hope this is the correct English term for the chain connecting the camshaft and the crankshaft) replaced. This because the tension on the chain was to low, and the tensioners needed replacing (according to the garage). This was a lot of work according to the garage (they had to remove the gear-box etc). Now ever since this work has been carried out, the engine is not running very smoothly at stationary revs. The entire engine is shaking a bit also, and I’m not completely happy with it.

What I was thinking is, whether it would be possible that the garage set the timing on the cam-chain wrong. Usually, this means that the valves will be damaged, or other things to go wrong. But to your knowledge, is it possible that the timing is off by even one chain-bracket, which would cause this kind of behaviour? I know that some engines can run with the timing off for a fraction. Are there any people around here that know if this is possible with the V®5?

Another interesting thing for me to know is whether the V5 engine always runs a bit unstable? Maybe because of its non-symmetrical shape? I thought this was mainly resolved by the use of stabilization-axle. Could it then maybe be that the timing of this axle is off?

These are just some of my own suggestions. Maybe you know more about the engine than I do. Any suggestions are welcome !

Thanks for now,

Cheers

Martin

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